| In some tellings, wounds received by one wearing the scabbard did not bleed at all. |
| Later tellings sweeten this aspect of the story, by having Tristan's grave grow a briar, but Iseult's grave grow a rose tree, which then intertwine with each other. |
| Further tellings refine this aspect even more, with the two plants being said to have been hazel and honeysuckle. |
| In most tellings, anti-Communism neutered the broad coalitions of the Popular Front. |
| Every effort to locate either earlier tellings of these two tales has failed, a real-world Bluebeard who murdered wives in his castle is a post-Perrault creation. |
